Good Seax? Bad Seax? Any Seax at all?

Rusty

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It arrived this morning ( Wed May 19, 2004 ). Marked with K.M. and six-pointed star. By Kumar. It's definitely different. You'll note that it's 11 PM as I write this. Over 12 hours to think it over.

It'll take some getting used to.

It's up to snuff, far as what should be expected from H.I.

It's just so foreign looking and feeling. Scratch foreign, insert alien. The handle is fine, but I need to do a bit of work on the handle and edge to make it feel like it's mine, even if I do nothing but sand it down the thickness of a business card.

It's got an amazingly light point for a 9" blade. Balances maybe 3/8ths of an inch forward of the habaki style bolster. It's just so different than I'm used to.

I'm going to like it, but it's too different to accept it for what it is without blowing a few circuit breakers in my mind.
 
I finally got into the seax club myself. When Ferrous etches it and I get it, I am going to send pics and a report.
It does look a little funny, but that design is ANCIENT. Maybe older than khukuris.
I bet she grows on your quickly.
 
A field report on a seax would be interesting. I don't think I have ever seen one posted. How does it chop, cut, feel in the hand, etc.

To me, it sure looks like it was made for stabbing. :eek:
 
The seax is a totally different animal from what i'm used to as well. It took me awhile to get used to it. The handle feels great. the blade is simple, but demands respect. Almost feels like holding an ancient tooth of some Norse or Celtic monster. the point is very acute on the seax, but i found it to be very very strong for as pointy as it is. This was my first real quality acutly pointed knife as i had grown tired of bending or snapping the tips off flea market junk knives years ago. True, I wouldn't go hammering it into a tree stump and torquing it sideways to see if i could bend it. i know i could. But could it be punched through a car door and not deform? I'm sure it could. (Thanx, Cold Steel;) ) The point of the blade comes in handy for digging out things in hard to reach places, drilling little holes in wood, and of course gashing your finger open as you run a chakma over it and accidentially slip off the end of the blade;) got me twice like that. As far as chopping goes, the Seax surprised me. i thought with it's straight profile and lighter weight that it would be horrible at chopping anything. However, I tested mine on an 18" long pine 2X2 and the little monster tooth just ate right through it in fewer chops than i had expected. YMMV. Let us know what you think, Rusty.

~Jake
 
Passed the chopping test for me. And the chicken test too....! :D

My father-in-law used it for dressing a full chicken at my brother-in-law's wedding....and if that's not enough repeats, the event was put on by my in-law's in-laws....:rolleyes:

First thing I did with mine was to put a convex edge on it, of course! Still ridiculously sharp. I did have to buff it a little to get the chicken grease off it, though....:D
 
pendentive said:
First thing I did with mine was to put a convex edge on it, of course! Still ridiculously sharp. I did have to buff it a little to get the chicken grease off it, though....:D
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a little ballistol might help with that :rolleyes: :cool: :D
 
You guys got the gist of my post anyway.

It's not bad, just very different. You get used to funny looking axe knives ( khukuries ) and along comes this ( in effect ) 9" bladed straight razor.

Ya gotta change your way of thinking. That takes time.
 
YOu know, when I first started reading this forum I thought that seax = code word or something for sex... :cool:
 
Chopsticks said:
YOu know, when I first started reading this forum I thought that seax = code word or something for sex... :cool:
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Would you believe that I just now got that? :o I need to get out more...
 
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